Like many little girls, Veronica Siaba dreams of being a prima ballerina, but cerebral palsy means the 14-year-old can’t stand on her own. Yet this week Veronica swooped her way through choreography for songs from The Producers and Hair. The full article available at the Daily News website: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/program-disabled-girls-chance-ballerinas-article-1.1329096#ixzz2SEA1A2K9
Dancing Dreams’ Program for Disabled Girls Expands to Manhattan
Special to DNAinfo UPPER EAST SIDE — Glitz and glitter know no boundaries at this dance studio, and wheelchairs are welcome. “I never thought of being different, but knew I was,” said Veronica Siaba, a 14-year-old with cerebral palsy who’s been dancing for eight years with the Queens-based Dancing Dreams program. “I’m no longer self-conscious,” Veronica said before adding a typical teenage disclaimer: “Well, maybe a little.” Girls aged 3 to 17 with physical and medical disabilities have gotten help achieving their dancing dreams at the Bayside program for 11 years, enthusiastically embracing a favorite studio saying: “You can never have too […]
Dancing Dreams was featured on NBC’s Nightly News
Dancing Dreams, Where Recitals Are Possible for Children With Disabilities At this dance company, children with disabilities can do something they never imagined they could: perform in a dance recital. Click here to view video coverage.
